Hanging on by a thread?
The crossword clue "Hanging on by a thread?" is answered by SEWN, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SEWN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEWN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SEWN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEWN, most used first.
- Stitched - used 169 times, most recently in 2026
- In stitches - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Stitched up - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Stitched together - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Darned - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Basted - used 18 times, most recently in 2007
- Tailor-made - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Put in stitches - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Embroidered - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hemmed. - used 8 times, most recently in 1988
- Basted, maybe - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Wrapped (up) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Uses needle and thread - SEWS, used 36 times
- Ball of thread - CLEW, used 31 times
- Hanging unevenly. - ALOP, used 29 times
- Metal thread - WIRE, used 29 times
- Just hanging around - IDLE, used 27 times
- Hanging on every word - RAPT, used 18 times
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